Increasing Privacy Concerns Push
Companies to Create New Position

Growing concern over privacy issues has brought a new player into the executive suite: the chief privacy officer, or CPO.

CPOs typically develop and implement corporate privacy policies, increase the public's awareness of a company's efforts in this area and handle consumer complaints. There are about 100 chief privacy officers at companies such as International Business Machines Corp., of Armonk, N.Y.; AT&T Corp., of New York; and Electronic Data Systems Corp., of Plano, Texas, says Alan Westin, head...